I think it's working!

This is working isn't it! The sincere goodwill, care, support and sense of community from the mind blogglers, particularly during Christmas, I have found quite overwhelming. Great idea to do a Christmas blog Purkul and to you T, who thought of the whole thing in the first place - Inspired! Can you imagine...?

Yultide Blog

Merry Christmas.

I love Christmas. I always have. I know for many it's not a good time of year and I hope that for those the day has been OK. For me, it's the quietest most peaceful day of the year, in every sense of the word. I like the feeling that for one day, almost everything stops. It's like a pause for breath. For me the day is about the people I Iove, scattered here and there. It's also about remembering and looking forward.

Sorry to go all sentimental on you.

Booked

I find reading books really draining. I started to read out loud which makes it easier, for me at least, but is quite irritating for anyone listening (I know, coz they tell me, I do only do this at home). Some people look astounded when you tell them that you've only read a handful of books and I do feel embarrassed by it. I would like to have read more, I feel I ought to have read more. But I also think that as with most things in life, there are certain things which come more easily to you than others, and for me, reading books isn't one of them. So this blog is for anyone who struggles with reading books.

I can read other stuff and I do - I read lots of blogs - I even read bits of the newspaper occasionally and I read manuals (if I absolutely have to), but anything more than a few pages is like climbing a steep hill.

Blogs

Bagdad Burning is serialised on Radio 4 at 7.45 each week night this week. It's the blog of a 24 year old Iraqi woman, writing at the outset of the conflict in Iraq. Absolutely compelling.

Retail Therapy

I can't 'do' shopping, especially for clothes. I would like to be able to, for obvious reasons (warmth for a start) but I'm utterly rubbish at it. And I know clothes don't really matter and it's not about what you wear it's who you are and stuff like that, I do know honest, but occassionally, it kinda bothers me a bit.

But tonight, a friend helped me and we shopped together. She was patient and kind and gave sound advice and I'm very grateful to her. So thank you, it meant a great deal.

Blogstipation

Oh my - I've caught blogstipation from Chris164. I was bloggling along, quite happily and then suddenly I couldn't think what to write. I know why, well, at least I think I know why. I'm fed up with myself for losing my allotment. I've not been attending to it as I should and eventually they got fed up with me and kicked me off. I've been there for 7 years and loved it, but really just didn't have the time to go and make the most of it.

So I'm bit fed up.

Positive thought.

At least it's made me more realistic about time and grateful that I've got a garden. Look at what I've got rather than what I've lost.

Wikipedia

I've been looking around for presents for my nephews and as one is a devoted Rotherham United fan I wanted to get him something to remind him of his club when he moves away (which he will be soon). I grew up in Rotherham and whilst it is often the butt (is it double t?) of many a cruel jokes it's always been a place that felt most like home. Maybe that's true where ever you grow up, but it's certainly true for me.

I did a bit of goggling to try and find RUFC homepage and came across Wikiepdia's entry for Rotherham United. Apparently not only are the Chuckle Brothers Rotherham United fans (which I confess I already knew) but so are the band Orson!?! Can't imagine why.

Which brings me on to something else - I was listening to the radio the other night and Tim Finn (ex-crowded House) said that his favourite place to play in Britain was Aberystwyth. I thought it was a great choice and sort of share the idea that it probably could be the best place in Britain to play.